Woolly mammoths butchered by humans were mostly femaleThu, 30 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally and those associated with humans, offering hints about how our ancestors hunted | |
Origami-inspired sensor could continuously monitor our vital signsThu, 30 Jul 2026 14:01:12 +0000 A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing promise in rats | |
Henrietta Lacks’s descendant on her legacy – and Rebecca Skloot’s bookThu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rebecca Skloot told the story of Henrietta Lacks and how her cells were taken without her permission in a bestselling book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Reading it left Alison George with an uneasy feeling - so she spoke to Lacks's family | |
Is district cooling the solution we need for extreme heat in cities?Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:22:32 +0000 Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are expanding into cities as heatwaves increase in the US and Europe | |
First-of-kind Guillain-Barré drug switches off part of immune systemThu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 A treatment that turns off the bit of the immune system that goes haywire in Guillain-Barré syndrome may be the first targeted therapy approved for the autoimmune condition | |
Quantum computers are starting to become useful as scientific toolsThu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important the machines could become for scientific research | |
Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletonsThu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy reveals that this condition affected people in the 9th century BC | |
Why the most central law in cosmology may need to be brokenThu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology – but its usefulness doesn’t necessarily make it true, says columnist Leah Crane | |
Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptileWed, 29 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like a miniature version of more famous later ocean predators, like plesiosaurs | |
Our verdict on Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods: a big thumbs-upWed, 29 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 There was unusual consensus amongst New Scientist Book Club members about our read for July, with readers falling over themselves to praise this big-concept slice of science fiction | |